The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.
EMILE DURKHEIMTo pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.
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I can be free only to the extent that others are forbidden to profit from their physical, economic, or other superiority to the detriment of my liberty.
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If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.
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It is only by historical analysis that we can discover what makes up man, since it is only in the course of history that he is formed.
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A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy in relation to the environment with which it is most immediately in contact.
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The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in them an attachment to life in the hour of difficulty.
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.
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By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.
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A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them.
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When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.
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To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.
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Melancholy suicide. – This is connected with a general state of extreme depression and exaggerated sadness, causing the patient no longer to realize sanely the bonds which connect him with people and things about him. Pleasures no longer attract.
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When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.
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Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.
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Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are determined modes of action.
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One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or – which is the same thing – when his goal is infinity.
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